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MATTEO SILVERIO // academic & professional portfolio
RECENT WORKS // freelance and academic projects REMEMBRANE COPENHAGEN NEW MODERN LIBRARY TORRE BARO’ ENERGY DISTRICT DYNAMICS IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM IN BERLIN TARANTA POWER STATION MM+R APARTMENT S APARTMENT SUPER THEATRE
SPIN-OFFS // researches ¡AY, KARAMBA! COMPUTATIONAL AND EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN APROACH ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND // A.I. Progetti AN ELEVATOR FOR FERRO FINI PALACE IN VENICE EXTENSION OF A FOUR STARS HOTEL SENIOR CITY - CORTINA MASTERPLAN FOR A NEW COMMERCIAL AREA MULTIFUNCTIONAL CENTRE A.E.V. TERRAGLIO NEW GOVERNMENT ARCHIVE
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REMEMBRANE
RESPONSIVE KINETIC ARCHITECTURE Date: 2015 Prof: Areti Markopoulou Alexandre Dubor Carlos Bausà Martìnez Project Team: Ji Won Jun Josep Alcover Llubia Matteo Silverio Achievements: Project exposed at Construmat, Salòn de la costrucciòn I Barcelona “Innovative Building Award”
The Remembrane project is a research that aims to design a new adaptable system that can be endlessly reshaped to meet the requirements of the users and perform in an efficient and sustainable way. It is based on the study of tensegrity and pantograph structures as a starting point to develop multiple digital and physical models of different systems. It was not the goal of the project to design a specific architectural or urban element but to define a system that could be further developed in many different ways. An important part of the project has been the investigation of smart materials that can replace motors to create a lightweight distributed system of actuators embedded into the structure. Nitinol (a shape memory alloy) has been studied and used in the prototypes as a very light linear actuator, requiring only heat to be activated. The study of different ways of interacting with kinetic structures and the possibility of creating a prototype with artificial intelligence is the last but essential aspect of the project. A web based user interface has been specifically designed and developed in order to easily interact with the prototype. The interface can be used to send orders to the structure manually or to switch to automatic mode in which the structure will make its own decisions according to the data measured by the sensors.
INTERFACE MODE
SENSING MODE
A surface system that can morph, expand, deploy.... It leads to all sort of imaginable and thought-provoking applications. They are numerous, and the possibilities infinite. This diagram tried to map different potentials and applications of Remembrane, from some more traditional kinetic applications to more visionary examples. The matrix helps to classify and characterize different possibilities by their parameters: environment, user, adaptation method, use, transformation time frame, scale. An encyclopedia to visualize our visions.
The Remembrane prototype allows to envision a shift in the future of architectural approach in which spaces, buildings and entire cities will be able to move and adapt autonomously to perform in the most optimal way.
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Watch the complete videos or check the complete documentation using the following external links:
COPENHAGEN NEW MODERN LIBRARY INTERNATIONAL IDEAS COMPETITION Date: Location: Area:
2014 Copenhagen - DENMARK 11’500 m3
Results:
Finalist - 2ND PRIZE
The new library will be situated in the very centre of the city, near the royal residences and in front of the Copenhagen Opera House. In addition to that, the site area is close to the waterfront in which a lot of people arrive walking from the nearby Little Mermaid statue. As a result the project area is very busy and loved by both tourists and Danish. For this purpose the new library must be integrated to the cityscape and it should be felt in keeping with its surrounding. Rather than a self-referential object, the new building should be a delicate addition into the existing environment. In like manner, the unique location suggests the development of a new observation point to the city, in which users can upgrade their city perceptive. Development. The new library is aligned to the existing surrounding buildings, following the actual urban grid and facing to the harbour. Moreover, in order to preserve the city skyline, the new volume will be formally and proportionally similar to the nearby constructions, creating a continuous front head-on the waterside. The library structure has been developed in order to permit a free internal layout. Thanks to this feature, the internal space has been oriented towards a series of carefully framed views, creating a kind of huge telescopes direct to the urban landscape.
The telescopes: consultation and lecture areas. Two big volumes suspended into the internal building void host most of the functions strictly related to “classic” library. The control area, the info point , the consultation and the lecture rooms taking place in these two volumes that are principally silent holding spaces for individual study or researches. In these areas there are different types of seats and light solutions, ensuring a good psychophysical comfort according to the different users’ needs. Moreover all the seats are oriented to big windows that PROJECT SPACE: A big path brings the users to the main frame some of the best city landmarks, entrance, cutting the library garden faced amplifying the users’ sensorial experience. to Toldbodgade street. The park is aligned to the existing nearby green areas and it hosts an automated underground bike The big void: informal lecture and meeting spaces. Despite the telescopes, park. A generous atrium dominated by the spaces facing to the void are more suspended volumes tries to establish informal and, for example, in these a simultaneously visual and functional spaces doing silent is not a dogmatic rule. connection with the above spaces. The Users can organize collective research or library ground floor is characterized by studying groups, conferences, special a big open hall in which public activities celebrations, as well as board games such as the café, the bookshop and the competitions or video game contests. kids areas have been placed. Its curvy Moreover, in the last floor people can read shape results a wonderful playground or just chill out in a space characterized and an informal space where relaxing, with real grass. meeting friends and have fun. From the entrance, a big staircase (the In addition to that, from these spaces is stair-terrace) leads to the first floor. The also possible taking the books from the big staircase can be used for chilling out as bookshelf that characterizes the envelope well as for arrange meeting, lectures or structure, thanks to the automated drone system driven by the library app. special public performances. The whole building is wrapped in a polycarbonate skin, creating a translucent surface able to show both internal and external activities and transforming the building during the entire day. The envelope homogeneity transfigure the library in an abstraction of the Danish traditional buildings, introducing a new and modern element into the historical Copenhagen cityscape without distorting the actual environment.
Nowadays the library is a very dynamic institution and it is very changeable. For this reasons all spaces have been imagined in order to host different type of activities, not only related to “classic library”. The rooms are basically big open spaces in which lecture as well as courses or special events can be organized. This internal layout helps library to be changed creating a very flexible and adaptable building, able to be modified according to actual or future needs. Again, the server area is close to utility rooms that could be absorbed to it if necessary, implementing the informatics areas. An hard flexibility concept. The structural framework that characterize the internal spaces permits to increase or decrease the number of paper books without changing the internal layout. Indeed the number of books can be implemented without adding new bookshelves or changing the internal disposition. At the same time, the number of tomes can be reduced if books will become unnecessary. However, even without books the huge bookshelf will be still necessary because it could remain the building structure. Moreover the framework could be used to add new floors. In fact new volumes could be built inside the building following the “telescope” logic and joining to the structural bookshelf.
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The library promote the use of technology as important knowledge medium. For this purpose the building doesn’t possess any CDs/DVDs or other digital “hard” supports: all digital items are stored in the main server that can be consulted using laptops, tablets or smartphones. Users can also use the electronic equipment provided (for free) by the library.
The bookshelf. A big framework (both structure and bookshelf) has been designed in order to create a big flexible element, useful for different purpose and totally integrated to the rest of the building. This big structure, made of 26 portals and 1’094 shelf, hosts the non-digital books library collection and can host more than 57’000 items.
This feature is possible thanks to the software that manage the entire library collection. This app connects users devices with the main server using the internal Wi-Fi and it permits to read -in cloud- books, magazines, newspapers as well as watch movies or listen music, audiobooks, etc. In addition to that more people can consult the same issue at the very same time instead of waiting their turn. Moreove r, thanks to this solution users can consult old –scanned- manuscripts or particular publication without any special permissions or equipment.
The low-rise bookshelf part is a “classic” shelf and it is used for the kids and the bookshop areas. Differently, the higher shelf are managed by the library apps that uses an automated drone system to find and deliver the stored books.
Working principles. When a person needs a paper books, the library app automatically send a drone to pick it up. All books are positioned in a specific position so the software can easily find them. After it has picked-up the book, the drone delivers the needed volume in one of the delivery point expected. All drones are very silent (low noise level emission) The software is very intuitive, easy to use and they can’t flight less than 3 meters and as the classic librarian and it helps from the people. A sensors net organizes users to find the book they are looking the drones traffic preventing collisions. for. Again, it can also suggest interesting In fact, using this solution the entire books related to users’ researches. structure can be exploited (included the The app also manages the entire paper sloping roof parts), storing much more books catalogue, helping users to find a books than using the classical library layout. book in the big structural bookshelf.
TORRE BARO’ ENERGY DISTRICT INTRODUCTORY DESIGN STUDIO Date: Prof:
2014 Claudia Pasquero (EcoLogic Studio) Carmelo Zappulla (External Reference Architects)
Project Team: Matteo Silverio Prawit Kittichanthira Felipe Agudelo Jaramillo Ji Won Jun Alejandro Felipe Carrillo Javier Fernandez Ponce
BIOREACTOR
HOT WATER
BIOMASS
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Architecture goes beyond buildings. A building is a concentration of activities in a particular location which should be responsive to concrete cultural, social, economic and technological conditions. In the 21st century, the buildings are more than machines for dwelling in. They should be living organisms, capable of interacting with their environment, following the principles of ecology or biology rather than those of mere construction. In effect, a building should be like a tree, which is able to rooting itself in a particular place, generating its own energy, interacting with the natural networks around it and creating complex ecosystems and landscapes together with other trees. The studio was developed around a series of questions, posed in reference
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to the context of Torre Baró (Barcelona): how can we transform a landscape into a productive one? How does water, solar energy, wind or biological processes affect sustainable design cycles for structures and landscape? Which strategies and which technologies are appropriate for such social and environmental context? The focused on the topics of designing and implementing a self-sufficient green and productive land, where “production” is understood as the production of food, energy, materials, and knowledge.
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neighbourhood and imagining workshop labs or educational areas focused on sustainability and environmental issues. The Frei Otto “Occupying and Connecting” book has been the theoretical base to set the design strategy. In that book, the “natural occupation” processes have been analysed and studied, trying to understand the relation between natural phenomena and math.
Following a scientific approach, the design process could be divided in three The project imagines the construction of parts: a diffuse system able to produce energy as well as to catch CO2. The proposal - 1st phase: Collecting Data tries to interact with the context creating - 2sd phase: Processing Data new social spaces in a fringed Barcelona - 3th phase: Project Implementation
Design approach. The design process started analysing the site and identifying the best and well-oriented areas to produce energy exploiting natural elements such as rain, water or sun rays. These data have been processed using Grasshopper, obtaining a series of maps. Then, these processed data have been implemented in a parametric script that, interpolating geographical and topographical site specificities, has created a total parametric project.
DYNAMICS IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
WORKSHOP EXPLORING SMART MATERIALS AND ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE Date: Prof:
2015 Areti Markopoulou, IAAC Alexandre Dubor, IAAC Carlos Bausa, IAAC Manuel Kretzer, ETH Zurich Stig Anton Nielsen, CHALMERS University of Technology
Project Team: Alina Kvirkveliya Ji Won Jun Josep Alcover Jose Algeciras Matteo Silverio Yoko Gotoh
The three days workshop, organized by IAAC in collaboration with the ETH Zurich and the Chalmers University of Technology, aimed to explore the use of smart materials in architecture. Specifically, the team used thermochromic pigments to develop a responsive passive facade able to change its opacity according to the external temperature. The team tested material properties to develop a bespoke fabrication process: incorporating the thermochromic pigments into methacrilate sheets. This process has involved the use of laser cut machines and computational tools to define a parametric texture to apply to the facade.
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NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM IN BERLIN INTERNATIONAL IDEAS COMPETITION Date: Location: Area:
2014 Berlin - GERMANY 30’000 m²
The project aims to create an educational and research centre to promote the knowledge of the World, its history and transformations. The new museum does not appear as an autonomous and independent structure. It is a building in keeping with its surroundings and able to exchange energies with the nearby institutions. For this purpose many internal and external spaces such as the park, the botanical garden, the plaza, the auditorium, and the food service area have been designed in a flexible way, in order to host public events of different kinds. The large exhibition theca is conceptually similar to the Pergamon Museum and it has been developed in order to create a complex and amazing educational journey, according to the museum statement. The largest space could be considered such as a huge container within other smaller volumes have been
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placed. These smaller objects have specifically been designed to host parts of the exhibition and they have been linked together in a continuous path. The building’s cladding is characterized by two layers made of variable translucence panels. This special skin hides the supporting structure and ensures a high thermal insulation. Besides, the panels allow both the sunlight to penetrate into the structure during the day and the artificial lights to be seen outside during the night. As a result the building is constantly different and transforms its aspect during the day. The theca supporting structure is a steel mesh made of box-shaped beams. The web is not regular but it follows the structural building stress state and its deformation trends. Despite the facts that the building’s structure is hidden between the internal and external coverings, both
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inner and outer panels follow the beams trend, revealing the structural mesh. In addition to that, the area between the two layers is accessible: the beams can be travelled, in order to allow the air conditioning and the lighting plant maintenance. This big structure may be perceived as a strong presence in the environment, a monolithic and mysterious place to discover, an entity to explore and conquer that transmit a conflicting sense of restlessness and curiosity. During the last centuries, a lot of explorers were been pushed by the same feelings to the most remote lands of the World and thanks to those expeditions, the scientific community has grew up its knowledge. From this perspective, the new museum must be interpreted as a metaphor, as an unknown and incomprehensible place to understand and explore, a big journey through the world and its history.
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OUTER ENVELOPE translucent panels
SUPPORTING STRUCTURE metallic beams
STRUCTURAL MESH box-shaped steel profile
SUPPORTING STRUCTURE metallic beams
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planet is promoted; in the large panoramic terrace (5), for example, people can enjoy the city skyline, but also interact with the outdoor laboratory on sustainability and renewable energies. Thanks to particular tools and experiments, people can understand how to get energy without damaging the nature using water, geothermal energy, sun, wind or algae. The exhibition ends with a falling in the “deep blue” (6): the great void represents the oceans, the huge mass of water that surrounds the lands, ensuring the life on the planet. The large space describes the rich underwater universe, that is lived by thousands of different and often unknown fishes. This big void permits the exhibition of large animals, giving the opportunity to perceive the real size of a whale or a shark. The special features of the cladding panels permit an impressive atmosphere, which reproduces the real undersea lighting. The tour ends by addressing the importance of water for Earth’s life: experiments and simulations describe the hydrological cycle, the force of water and the risks connected to air pollution.
TARANTA POWER STATION INTERNATIONAL IDEAS COMPETITION Date: Location: Area:
2013 Melpignano - ITALY 3’000 m²
Results:
Finalist - HONORARY MENTION Project displayed in the Melpignano public exhibit, ex convento degli Agostiniani
The new multifunctional centre in Melpignano has been designed starting from the desire to manipulate the existing ground by extrusion, cutting and deformation operations. Thanks to these operations, the existing land becomes the building roof, a green covering that can be used to walk, lie down or chill out. This space is an extension of the surrounding fields and can become a privileged parterre during the Notte della Taranta, one of the most famous cultural manifestations in Italy, that is organized every year in front of the project site. Three volumes have been embedded in the dune. These “stones” are characterized by an envelope made of calcareous marble, that is very used in the local architecture. These stones house the meeting area, the library, teaching laboratories and an experimental theatre. The outdoor area is characterized by a spider web pattern that may be settled up for promotional or food stands during the Notte della Taranta, becoming part of the manifestation. The huge web is also the infrastructure network and it hosts the public lighting system and several electric/water supply points.
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CUTTING
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MM+R APARTMENT INTERIOR DESIGN Date: Location: Area:
2010, built Venice - ITALY 110 m²
The project is about the renovation of an the study room has been developed in apartment in the Sestiere de Cannaregio order to be easily moved, reshaping the rooms space in case of need. Moreover, in Venice. the wall between the single room and The building in which the apartment is the bathroom has been designed with a hosted was built during the 70’, so the double front, allowing the creation of a internal layout had been designed with large double-side furnishing wall. many small rooms linked together by a huge corridor. The new spaces have All the apartment plants have been been well-suited according to the client’s redeveloped. The air conditioning lifestyle in order to meet the owner’s system has been completely upgraded, choosing a flexible and “multi-device” needs. fan-coil system instead previous “oneAll the partitions were built with plaster machine” system. The new solution has boards fixed on reinforced substructure. been designed in order to ensure more As far as dry technologies are concerned, comfort in the rooms, monitoring the room the uses of gypsum boards has a certain temperature individually in each area. benefits in terms of partitions laying speed The water-saving faucets and LED or and final product quality control. In addition to that, the plaster boards eco-friendly lighting, as well as the use have allowed a certain aesthetic freedom, of inverter technology for fan-coils have as well as a wider flexibility. For example, significantly reduced the annual water the wall between the single room and and electricity consumption costs.
Furniture: The entire apartment has been designed as a single object in which walls, furniture and materials match in order to create an unique and special space. For this reason, several pieces of furniture have been designed and made by the architect, following the client’s desires and the project features. As far as the apartment customization is concerned, the big map on the Studio wall symbolizes the owners’ love for travelling and can be personalized by “tagging” the places visited. Moreover, the chandelier allows to leave messages, photos or memories. Finally, the corridor has been painted with a special acrylic product, transforming the wall in a huge blackboard in which stories, phrases or just the weekly plans can be written.
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2012-2013, built Murano (Venice) - ITALY 100 m²
BRICK 250 mm INTERNAL PLASTER 15 mm VOID 5 mm THERMAL INSULATION 50 mm GYPSUM FIBER WALL PANEL 2x 12,5 mm
EXISTING FALSE CEILING
NEW BEDROOM
NEW LIVING-ROOM
BATHROOM
MASTER BEDROOM
The project was about the redevelopment of a two-storey apartment in a listed building in Murano (Venice). The project focused on an internal plan redistribution and an important energy building improvement. A new radiant-hating plant has been developed and a 50 millimetres thick insulations has been placed on the
inner side of the perimeter walls. These solutions allow to obtain a more healthy, comfortable, and eco-friendly home environment. All the daily life activities have been concentrated downstairs, in order to be easily reachable by the 60 years old owner. The new living room (that originally had been placed upstairs) is now nearby
the entrance and includes the kitchen room. An exclusive area for the daughter’s owner has been created in the upper floor, consisting of a bedroom, a small sitting room and a walk-in closet. For this purpose the attic has been completely revised and enlarged demolishing the old false ceiling and re-shaping the spaces.
XTERNAL PLASTER 25 mm
EXTERNAL PLASTER 25 mm
BRICK 250 mm
BRICK 250 mm
NTERNAL PLASTER 15 mm
INTERNAL PLASTER 15 mm VOID 5 mm THERMAL INSULATION 50 mm GYPSUM FIBER WALL PANEL 2x 12,5 mm
SUPERTHEATRE MASTER DEGREE THESIS Date: Prof:
2010 Marina Montuori
The design studio thesis was about the conversion of an old gasometer located in the Dunkerque port and it has been part of a bigger redevelopment in 2010. Indeed the city’s council promoted the regeneration of the harbour and this had become one of the EUROPAN10 sites. The team decided to participate in the competition developing a general master plan with cultural facilities and a new music and art centre. After the competition each team member has decided to develop one part of the master plan as final design studio thesis. The project imagines to wrap the gasometer up with a glass curtain-wall. The huge glass box hosts all the requested activities such as test rooms, the main theatre, classrooms, the entrance hall, an exhibition path and a roof-top cafÊ. Each of these activities are contained in a stand-alone box. The set of these volumes have been placed in various altitudes within the glass box creating a complex space made of ramps, voids and double heights. The main music hall has been designed as kinetic and flexible space in which movies, projections, play, concerts or conferences can be performed. This extreme flexibility is possible thanks to the hydraulic pistons system that is able to move the stands, so the room can assume a variety of different configurations according to the weekly theatre agenda.
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bar - ristorante
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aule per la didattica
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camerini
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torre scenica
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sala prove
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sale registrazione
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D. CHIUSURA ORIZZONTALE: 1. terreno vegetale. 200 mm 2. lapillo di lava. 100 mm 3. strato di TNT. 1,35 mm 4. vasche in plastica riciclata. 62 mm 5. guaina bituminosa. 5 mm 6. pannelli in EPS. 60 mm 7. guaina bituminosa. 5 mm 8. lastre in legno ricomposto. 40 mm 9. lamiera grecata tipo A75/P760 10. struttura portante: travi primarie = IPEA600 travi secondarie = IPEA400 11. 2xlastre in cartongesso. 25 mm
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¡AY, KARAMBA!
RESEARCHES FOR A NEW TECTONIC ERA
The relationship between engineer and architect is unavoidable. The nexus linking architecture and tectonic has always been narrow and from everlasting to everlasting it was strictly related to the knowledge of materials and fabrication techniques. However, since the beginning of the Nineteenth Century something started to change. Nowadays that bond is not a limit anymore, but a new real world of possibilities. The strength of this potential expresses itself through architectures characterized by plastic shapes, facing the laws of physics. Nevertheless, which is the link between those free form architectures and their structure? Does the formal innovation introduce a tectonic innovation too? Many contemporary projects are characterized by an outer “skin”, that is the most important part of the building in terms of shape and innovation, but their inner spaces are usually organized in a traditional way. It is clear how in these cases the structure is not part of the architectural process, but just an element that must be there because necessary. The outer envelope is just a cap on a building in which structure and architecture do not interact at all. On the other hand, some other projects try to reach an harmonious integration between tectonic and architecture. In these cases the structure is the essential part of the building design and all the elements are developed in an organic (not in term of form, but in term of interdependence and continuity) and integrated way. This second type of projects speeded up the development and the use of interactive and parametric finite element programs, which Karamba is a good example. Nowadays, in the Parametric era, architects can use powerful and versatile design platforms, that embed easy and intuitive modeling tools, finite element calculation add-on and optimization solvers algorithms.
These software lets the architect analyse and value his project from a structural point of view since the beginning and without needing the presence of a real engineer. Hence, designers can adjust their projects checking them step by step, and using the building structure as a key element of their creations, aiming to the maximum integration between tectonic and architecture. A new way to look at the structure: “Building construction artistically considered”, is the simple phrase that Kenneth Frampton uses to describe the term Tectonic in his book entitled Studies in Tectonic Culture (The MIT Press,1995). According to Frampton, tectonic form derives from properties of materials, structural logic and the crafts of making. Tectonic and architecture have always coexisted, but during the last decades of the Twentieth Century some Academic establishments have turned their backs to the reality of construction, coming to realize excesses in which architecture and structure speak different languages. However, the coming of parametric software such as Grasshopper, but mainly thanks to the birth of add-ons such as Karamba, could invert this tendency. After a long time of divergence, tectonic and architecture can now converge again such in an harmonious way. These software allow to come back to a tectonic point view of architecture, it is now possible to tie the development of theory back to the essences of construction techniques. These tools are a huge step further in architecture, because they can make us understand how the designed form (which is nowadays more and more free and excessive) has a deep effect on the structural building behaviour which can be improved with just few and small changes. After almost a century of oblivion, the architect can now re-acquire the real control over the tectonic aspect of his project.
BASE CONFIGURATION MASS: 23’120 kg LOAD: 2,50 kN/m2 DISPLACEMENT: 12,81 cm THICKNESS: 5,00 cm
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INFORMED FOLDING MASS: 22’780 kg LOAD: 2,50 kN/m2 DISPLACEMENT: 6,78 cm THICKNESS: 5,00 cm
INFORMED LINEAR + WAVE FOLDING MASS: 22’602 kg LOAD: 2,50 kN/m2 DISPLACEMENT: 4,84 cm THICKNESS: 5,00 cm
INFORMED LINEAR + WAVE FOLDING II MASS: 22’602 kg LOAD: 2,50 kN/m2 DISPLACEMENT: 2,68 cm THICKNESS: 5,00 cm 10,00 cm
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FINAL MOCK-UP
COMPUTATIONAL AND EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN APROACH GRASSHOPPER + GALAPAGOS
There is no doubt that the use of information technology has had a revolutionary influence on architecture and design. Not only it speeds up the process of designing and drawing structures, but it also has the even more striking ability to achieve results previously unimaginable. For example, the ability to visualize and manipulate three-dimensional models in real time, or build structures once considered impossible to create. Moreover, parametric tools such as Grasshopper allows designers to investigate new creative approaches, designing free form shapes or trying to combine the design process and the science. A good example of this trend is Galapagos, a design tool for Grasshopper that applies evolutionary logic in order to solve specific problems. In the example, a topological optimization using Karamba and Galapagos.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS FOR A DESIGN-AWARE PROCESS
Digital technologies can help architects to tackle energy challenges informing the design process. Within this framework, the environmental analysis seminar at Iaac has been the last To perform a wind for the pedestrian areas surrounding the chosen block, WinAir should be used. WinAir is a computational and probably the analysis most incisive course software usedimprovement to fluid dynamic behaviours. about energy I have never attended. To perform a wind analysis for the pedestrian areas surrounding the chosen block, WinAir should be used. WinAir is a computational The goal of this analysis is identify the four best areas to install wind turbines. Their performance largely depend on the wind speed, software used to fluid dynamic behaviours. During course I learnt howshould to use so the the highest air flow rate areas be found. Because is a pedestrian area, all the wind turbine must be positioned anywhere software such as m Ecotect, Radiance andbest areas to install wind turbines. Their performance largely depend on the wind speed, from m to 10 high. The goal4of this analysis is identify the four WindAir, also air combined evolutionary so the highest flow ratewith areas should be found. Because is a pedestrian area, all the wind turbine must be positioned anywhere solvers building shapebeorset. to Using the ECOTECT weather tool a Barcelona prevailing wind chart can be extracted. First4 af themwind speed should from mtoall, tooptimize 10 high. control lightchart levels withinthe specific The wind display annualbuilding wind frequency, the wind direction and its speed. These data are essential to perform a precise areas. Below: wind analysis of a Barcelona block investigation. First af all, the wind speed should be set. Using the ECOTECT weather tool a Barcelona prevailing wind chart can be extracted. Right: daylight analysis The wind chart display the annual wind frequency, the wind direction and its speed. These data are essential to perform a precise investigation. N N
Most of the time in Barcelona the wind comes from North with an average speed of 20 km/h (5,56 m/s). Most of the time in Barcelona the wind comes from North with an average speed of 20 km/h (5,56 m/s).
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Air Flow rate - 6 m Air Flow rate - 6 m
Air Flow rate - 8 m Air Flow rate - 8 m
The above diagrams display the air flow rate between 4 and 10 m. In this range the higher values can be found at 4 m height (the highest is 3.61 m/s).
Air Flow rate - 10 m Air Flow rate - 10 m
ACTUAL SITUATION In order to make a daylight analysis, a grid at 700 mm from floor level has been set. First of all the daylight factor has been calculated. This parameter shows the percentage of available daylight inside any point in a room, compared to the available daylight outside and it has been calculated for overcast sky conditions. The above daylight diagrams displays the light inside the room in percentage (20% means that if outside there are 8000 lux, inside there are 1600 lux).
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These above diagrams show the light levels throughout 3 selected summer days in 3 selected
VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY A NEW WAY TO REPRESENT AND DISPLAY
Nowadays the average computing power of any given device increases. Visionary and innovative technologies in the past might not have been birthed at the correct time in order to take full advantage of their potential. For example, Virtual Reality in the late 80’s or 90’s was little more than a gimmick, as the real time rendering capabilities of computers was not up to par with the vision for the technology. Today the hardware in our pockets is capable of displaying rich 3D contents. How do we create these contents? During the Master in Advanced Architecture at Iaac I had the chance to develop interactive presentation using Unity 3D. Unity is a game development ecosystem: a powerful rendering engine fully integrated with a complete set of intuitive tools and rapid work-flows to create interactive 3D and 2D contents. This great software allows users to develop standalone games as well as creating impressive design presentations. With this program it is possible to explore different ways of showing an architectural project. The first experiment was about the development of an imaginary landscape in which, during the game, the player discovers the “digital World” and, at the same time, the Deleuze’s “Rhizoma” concept. To satisfy those requests, I decide to model the Blur building designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfo. The second experiment was about the development of an augmented reality platform. Hence, I developed an Android app using Unity 3D and Vuforia. This app allows users to explore the selected architectural project using an android device (tablet or smartphone).
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AN ELEVATOR FOR FERRO FINI PALACE IN VENICE Date: 2011, completed Location: Venice - ITALY Area: 500 m² Tasks: Assistant Architect Working drawing (assistant) Site supervision (assistant)
Palazzo Ferro Fini is a prestigious seventeenth Century palace faced to Canal Grande in Venice and it houses the Regional Council. The project had to deal with the accessibility in an historical building, trying to fill the gap between the old structure and the contemporary needs.
EXTENSION OF A FOUR STARS HOTEL Date: 2012, completed Location: Mestre, Venice - ITALY Area: 800 m² Tasks: Project architect (team leader) Preliminary Design Final Design (for Project Authorization) Detailed design (working drawings) Site supervision
The extension of the Alexander Hotel, a four-star hotel located in the Venetian hinterland, involved the construction of thirty new rooms placed on top of the existing building. The entire elevation structure is designed in wood to limit the loads on the existing building. The shape of the surrounding building that have compact facades without balconies, has suggested the solution of the ventilated façade for the new project. The new façade is characterized by high-pressure laminated panels and it integrates the sliding shutter system.
copertura piana metallica sistema Riverkack o similare moraletti in legno (supp. rivertimento di copertura) sez.: 50x50 mm pannello isolante accoppiato con lastra OSB TIPO Algopan vent. OSB - sp.: 150 mm (100+40+10) doppia guaina impermeabilizzante bituminosa sp.: 2x5 mm scossalina metallica
tavolato in legno sp.: 25 mm trave in legno lamellare sez.: 200x300 mm (vd. strutture) doghe in legno o mat. similare sez.: 30x50 mm sottostruttura di supporto sez.: 30x80 mm
lamiera grecata sp.: 50 mm (vd. strutture) getto in C.A. sp.: 50 mm (vd. strutture)
getto in C.A. sp.: 50 mm (vd. strutture)
2x PE espanso reticolato sp.: 5+5 mm
Massetto pendenziato in sabbia e cemento sp.: max. 60 mm
lasta in EPS densità 30 kg/mc TIPO Styrodur - sp.: 100 mm
sottostruttura metallica sp.: 320 mm pannello in laminato (FACCIATA V.) sp.: 10 mm - perc. foratura > 50%
lasta in EPS densità 30 kg/mc sp.: 80 mm
doppia guaina impermeabilizzante bituminosa sp.: 2x5 mm
pannello in laminato (FACCIATA V.) sp.: 10 mm - perc. foratura > 50%
geotessile non tessuto sp.: 2 mm ghiaia protettiva sp.: 40 mm
DETT.E
pannelli in laminato (FACCIATA V.) sp.: 10 mm sottostruttura metallica sp.: 160 mm lasta in EPS densità 30 kg/mc sp.: 80 mm
DETT.B
lastra in cemento per esterni TIPO knauf acquapanel - sp.:12,50 mm oscuro scorrevole
trave metallica sez.: HEB 160 (vd. strutture)
trave in legno lamellare sez.: 160x280 mm (vd. strutture) tavolato in legno sp.: 25 mm
trave in legno lamellare sez.: 160x280 mm (vd. strutture) tavolato in legno sp.: 25 mm lastre in gesso rivestito su sottostruttura metallica sp.: 12,5 mm
tavolato in legno sp.: 25 mm
getto in C.A. sp.: 50 mm (vd. strutture)
getto in C.A. sp.: 50 mm (vd. strutture)
lamiera grecata sp.: 50 mm (vd. strutture)
getto in C.A. sp.: 50 mm (vd. strutture)
2x PE espanso reticolato sp.: 5+5 mm
2x PE espanso reticolato sp.: 5+5 mm
getto in C.A. sp.: 50 mm (vd. strutture)
doppia guaina impermeabilizzante bituminosa sp.: 2x5 mm
piedini per supporto pannelli pav. sopraelevata sp.: variabile (vd. A28)
piedini per supporto pannelli pav. sopraelevata sp.: variabile (vd. A28)
Massetto pendenziato in sabbia e cemento sp.: max. 100 mm
plotte in gesso e fibra TIPO Nesite - sp.: 28 mm
plotte in gesso e fibra TIPO Nesite - sp.: 28 mm
serramento in PVC
lastre in gesso rivestito su sottostruttura metallica sp.: 12,5 mm
lana minerale sp.: 50 mm
colla per pavimenti sp.: 5 mm
sottopavimento in polistirene sp.: 5 mm
piastrelle in gres o similare sp.: 8 mm
Pavimentazione in PVC - finitura finto legno sp.: 8 mm DETT.D
parapetto metallico sp.: - mm
battiscopa
2x PE espanso reticolato sp.: 5+5 mm piedini per supporto pannelli pav. sopraelevata sp.: variabile (vd. A28)
colla per pavimenti sp.: 5 mm piastrelle in gres o similare sp.: 8 mm giunto in materiale resiliente
plotte in gesso e fibra TIPO Nesite - sp.: 28 mm
DETT.C
colla per pavimenti sp.: 5 mm piastrelle in gres o similare sp.: 8 mm
pannelli in laminato (FACCIATA V.) sp.: 10 mm sottostruttura metallica sp.: 160 mm lastra in cemento per esterni TIPO knauf acquapanel - sp.:12,50 mm oscuro scorrevole serramento in PVC
trave in legno lamellare sez.: 160x280 mm (vd. strutture) tavolato in legno sp.: 25 mm
trave in legno lamellare sez.: 160x280 mm (vd. strutture) tavolato in legno sp.: 25 mm lastre in gesso rivestito su sottostruttura metallica sp.: 12,5 mm
tavolato in legno sp.: 25 mm
getto in C.A. sp.: 50 mm (vd. strutture)
getto in C.A. sp.: 50 mm (vd. strutture)
trave metallica sez.: HEB 160 (vd. strutture) lastre in gesso rivestito su sottostruttura metallica sp.: 12,5 mm
lana minerale sp.: 50 mm
getto in C.A. sp.: 50 mm (vd. strutture)
2x PE espanso reticolato sp.: 5+5 mm
2x PE espanso reticolato sp.: 5+5 mm
doppia guaina impermeabilizzante bituminosa sp.: 2x5 mm
piedini per supporto pannelli pav. sopraelevata sp.: variabile (vd. A28)
piedini per supporto pannelli pav. sopraelevata sp.: variabile (vd. A28)
Massetto pendenziato in sabbia e cemento sp.: max. 100 mm
plotte in gesso e fibra TIPO Nesite - sp.: 28 mm
plotte in gesso e fibra TIPO Nesite - sp.: 28 mm
colla per pavimenti sp.: 5 mm
sottopavimento in polistirene sp.: 5 mm
colla per pavimenti sp.: 5 mm
piastrelle in gres o similare sp.: 8 mm
Pavimentazione in PVC - finitura finto legno sp.: 8 mm
piastrelle in gres o similare sp.: 8 mm
parapetto metallico sp.: - mm
battiscopa
giunto in materiale resiliente
pannelli in laminato (FACCIATA V.) sp.: 10 mm sottostruttura metallica sp.: 160 mm lasta in EPS densità 30 kg/mc sp.: 80 mm tramezzo in laterizio forato sp.: 150 mm lasta in EPS densità 30 kg/mc sp.: 40 mm
trave in legno lamellare sez.: 160x280 mm (vd. strutture) tavolato in legno sp.: 25 mm
serramento in PVC DETT.A
trave in legno lamellare sez.: 160x280 mm (vd. strutture) tavolato in legno sp.: 25 mm lastre in gesso rivestito su sottostruttura metallica sp.: 12,5 mm
solaio esistente
solaio esistente
PE espanso reticolato sp.: 5 mm
PE espanso reticolato sp.: 5 mm
massetto di sabbia e cemento (da ripristinare come da SDF)
massetto di sabbia e cemento (da ripristinare come da SDF)
colla per pavimenti sp.: 5 mm
colla per pavimenti sp.: 5 mm
Pavimentazione in PVC - finitura finto legno sp.: 8 mm
piastrelle in gres o similare sp.: 8 mm
parapetto metallico sp.: - mm
giunto in materiale resiliente
solaio esistente lastre in gesso rivestito su sottostruttura metallica sp.: 12,5 mm
SENIOR CITY - CORTINA INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION Date: 2013 2ND PRIZE Location: Cortina d’Ampezzo, Belluno - ITALY Area: 4’000 m² Tasks: Project architect Preliminary Design Graphic layout and final boards
The competition was about a new Senior House for self-sufficient elderly in Cortina, one of the most famous and trendy Italian ski resorts. The project recovered the tradition of the tabiao, an old vernacular building made of wood and stones.
MASTERPLAN FOR A NEW COMMERCIAL AREA Date: 2012, in progress Location: Concordia Saggittaria, Venice - ITALY Tag: Urban planning Area: 370’000 m² Tasks: Project architect Preliminary design
The project concerns the construction of a large shopping area near Concordia Sagittaria. The activities offered by this new area rang from entertainment to culture, from sports to social welfare facilities. The no-building zone close to the electricity pylons has become the chance to create a small green oasis where protecting from the sun.
MULTIFUNCTIONAL CENTRE A.E.V. TERRAGLIO
Date: 2011, in progress
Location: Venice - ITALY
Area: 45’000 m² Tasks: Assistant Architect Preliminary Design Final Design (for Project Authorization)
The project site is located in the core of a large area, within several multi-purpose buildings were built in the last twenty years. The project aims to create three new mixed-use towers able to accommodate business offices and private residences. These towers will be the tallest buildings in the Venetian neighbourhood.
NEW GOVERNMENT ARCHIVE Date: 2012, completed Location: Venice - ITALY Area: 10’000 m² Tasks: Project Architect (team leader) Working drawing Site supervision
The project was about the development of a Government archive in the Venetian neighbourhood. For the first time I coordinated a team of professionals (structural and hydraulic ingegneers, draftsmen), producing a complete set of working drawings in a really short time.
COMPLETE PROJECT LIST: TEMPORARY SPACES FOR VENICE
2005
ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPE WITH TRAIN
2006
INTERN - PROF. RENZATO RIZZI
2007
#InternationalWorkshop, #AlejandroAravena, #TemporarySpaces, #FloatingBuilding
#InternationalWorkshop, #MultifunctionalBuilding, #BestWorkshopProject, #Published #Internship, #Competition, #Museum, #Mock-up
POLYFUNCTIONAL SPACES IN VICENZA #DesignStudio, #Museum, #ConferenceHall, #Selected4UniversityExhibit
LIVING IN MILAN
#DesignStudio, #MultifunctionalBuilding, #Tower, #Selected4UniversityExhibit
INTERN - PROF. MARTINO DOIMO #Internship, #Competition, #School, #Mock-up
2008 2009
A SQUARE FOR GUASTALLA #DesignStudio, #UrbanDesign, #Selected4UniversityExhibit
FREE FORM DESIGN
#InternationalWorkshop, #ExperimentalDesign, #TemporaryPavillion
EUROPAN 10
#DesignCompetition, #Renovation, #MultifunctionalBuilding
2010
SUPER THEATRE
#Thesis, #TopGrades, #Theatre, #MultifunctionalBuilding, #Renovation
GN APARTMENT
#Freelance, #Renovation, #WorkingDrawings, #InteriorDesign, #SiteSupervision
MICROFLAT
#Freelance, #ExperimentalDesign, #InteriorDesign
UPIM-POP REFIT
#CoinGroup, #Renovation, #InteriorDesign, #RetailDesign, #SiteSupervision
MM+R APARTMENT
#Freelance, #Renovation, #WorkingDrawings, #InteriorDesign, #SiteSupervision
A FORCOLA TOWER FOR VENETIAN LAGOON #Freelance, #SportFacility, #ExperimentalDesign
EXTENSION OF KELEMATA FACTORY #AIProgetti, #Factory, #WorkingDrawings, #FacadeDesign, #SiteSupervision
MULTIFUNCTIONAL CENTRE A.E.V. TERRAGLIO #AIProgetti, #UrbanPlanning, #MultifunctionalBuilding
2011
SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE #Freelance, #Residential, #LowEnergyBuilding
REGIONAL ARCHIVE DESIGN COMPETITION #AIProgetti, #DesignCompetition, #1stPlace, #Archive, #Library
NEW GOVERNMENT ARCHIVE #AI Progetti, #Archive, #WorkingDrawings, #SiteSupervision
2012
TOWER 1
#Freelance, #MultifunctionalBuilding, #ExperimentalDesign
EXTENSION OF A FOUR STARS HOTEL #AIProgetti, #HotelDesign, #FacadeDesign, #WorkingDrawings, #SiteSupervision
MASTERPLAN FOR A NEW COMMERCIAL AREA #AIProgetti, #UrbanPlanning, #SportFacility, #ShoppingCentre
S APARTMENT
#Freelance, #Renovation, #WorkingDrawings, #InteriorDesign, #SiteSupervision
E APARTMENT
#Freelance, #Renovation, #WorkingDrawings, #InteriorDesign, #SiteSupervision
2013
29 SCHOOLS (with ALTIERI spa) #AIProgetti, #Istanbul, #Turkey #SchoolDesign, #InteriorDesign
NATIONAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE #AIProgetti, #Baku, #Azerbaijan, #Archive, #Library, #ConceptualDesign
SENIOR CITY CORTINA
#AI Progetti, #DesignCompetition, #2ndPlace #SeniorHouse, #ConceptualDesign
TARANTA POWER STATION
#Freelance, #DesignCompetition, #HonorableMention #MultifunctionalSpace
NEW HOSTEL IN VENICE #AIProgetti, #HotelDesign, #Renovation
2014
NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM #Freelance, #DesignCompetition, #Museum
MOF - VENICE
#AIProgetti, #UrbanPlanning, #FoodMarket
COPENHAGEN NEW MODERN LIBRARY #Freelance, #DesignCompetition, #2ndPlace, #Library
TORRE BARO’ ENERGY DISTRICT #DesignStudio, #UrbanDesign, #ExperimentalDesign, #Self-sufficient
REMEMBRANE
#DesignStudio, #Responsive Architecture, #ExperimentalDesign, #KineticArchitecture
2015
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